-Livemint.com With its plan to hire 1 million in 18 months, the central government is looking to effectively compress 11 years of hiring into 18 months. But even this won’t resolve the simmering employment crisis and will stretch government finances further Last week, the central government said it would fill its current job vacancies in “mission mode". If that mission holds, one million Indians will land a central government job in the...
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Tea workers and staff get interim hike of 15% in pay -Avijit Sinha
-The Telegraph Wages and salaries raised with effect from January 1; planters asked to clear dues before July-end Siliguri: The state labour department issued a notification on Tuesday for an interim hike of 15 per cent in wages of workers and salaries of staff and sub-staff in tea gardens of north Bengal with retrospective effect from January 1. According to the notification issued by state labour commissioner Amarnath Mallick, the daily wage would...
More »Bengal School Recruitment Scam: How the Court Brought Employment Masters to Their Knees -Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
-TheWire.in Unearthing of the scam has left Trinamool Congress spokespersons speechless. This is the first article in a three-part series on the Bengal school recruitment scam. Kolkata: At least 609 illegal appointments in group D Employees’ posts, 381 in clerical (group-C) posts and a yet-to-be determined number of posts for assistant teachers for classes IX and X at government-sponsored and aided schools in West Bengal during 2019-20 have so far been unearthed in...
More »Apprenticeship, social security key agendas before 110th ILC
-The Hindu Indian delegation to bring up exploitation of apprentices The 110 th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) will launch the first round of discussions on setting standards for apprenticeships. India is sending three delegations on behalf of the Government, employers and Employees to participate in various group meetings of the ILC, beginning on Sunday at the headquarters of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva. The ILC will have a...
More »App-based attendance hits rural jobs scheme workers -Sobhana K Nair
-The Hindu Lack of technical support, glitches in the app and poor Internet connectivity pose problems The Union government has made capturing of attendance through its app, National Mobile Monitoring System, compulsory at worksites where 20 or more workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are employed. This move comes despite many problems, including patchy Internet connectivity in rural areas and little or no technical support. The Ministry of...
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